莫莉:文化杂交和世界文化的象征

Molly: A Symbol of Cultural Hybridity and World Culture

目前,文学批评界已广泛认同于对《尤利西斯》的主人公布鲁姆和斯蒂芬的文化诠释,认为他们是民族边缘文化和艺术边缘文化的化身,但对女主人公莫莉的诠释依旧局限在性别诠释的框架之内。作为"布鲁姆通向永恒的护照"的莫莉有充足的理由带有一种文化诠释的可能。笔者认为,莫莉乃是摈弃了狭隘民族主义和殖民主义偏见的富于广泛的包容性和无限生命力的世界文化的化身,她与数个性伙伴的关系乃是爱尔兰民族文化和英国文化杂交的象征模式。莫莉的形象寄托了乔伊斯对爱尔兰民族文化的期望以及他的世界文化理想。

In recent years, the literary critical world has accepted the interpretations of Bloom and Stephen, two heroes in Ulysses and agreed that they are incarnations of cultural outsiders in the notions of nation and art, but the interpretations of Molly, the only heroine in the novel, still remain in the framework of gender criticism. As 'Bloom's passport to eternity', Molly is likely to carry with her the possibility of cultural interpretations. The writer of this paper explicates that Molly is the incarnation of world culture, which means wide acquiescence and limitless vitality, without any nationalist or colonialist prejudice. Molly's relationships with her several sex partners symbolize the pattern of hybridity between Irish national culture and British culture. The image of Molly shows Joyce's hope for Irish national culture and his ideal of world culture.